Gerry McGovern

Every Sora AI video burns 1 Kilowatt hour and emits 466 grams of carbon. And for what, exactly?

Generating high definition video is one of the most energy intensive things you can do with AI.

https://reclaimedsystems.substack.com/p/every-sora-ai-video-burns-1-kilowatt

Every Sora AI video burns 1 Kilowatt hour and emits 466 grams of carbon. And for what, exactly?

The Sora 2 platform alone emits nearly a quarter of the carbon of all Meta/Facebook

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Show threadanubis2814Nov 29
@gerrymcgovern My Ebike burns 1/3rd that much for a 24 mile round trip.
Show threadNeil MoffattNov 29
@gerrymcgovern And ever the blindness to source of what is consumed. Same with food of course.
Show threadDmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦Nov 29
@gerrymcgovern Perhaps you know because you are interested in these issues—how significant are these figures in TikTok?
I searched but found nothing about this or about Chinese emissions and burning in general.
Show threadGerry McGovernNov 29
@dotyk I'm afraid I don't have such figures but I do know that for years now, video has been responsible for the vast amount of traffic, storage and processing demands on the Internet.
Show threadDmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦Nov 29
@gerrymcgovern Why do you think such questions are never asked of China, Russia, or Saudi Arabia? Can this be seen as payment for the services of asking such questions of Western democracies?
Show threadmolosovsky 🐿✊💗Nov 29
@gerrymcgovern AI-Shit is too cheap for industry and consumers alike. We need steep taxes for AI applications, especially those, that serve only in the colonial/info wars for attention- and intimacy-ressources.
Show threadPaul TourvilleNov 30
@gerrymcgovern Yes, and also, I've heard of what a Sora is. Who told you I haven't? Should I take from this that humanity is still actively, intentionally declining? I stopped paying attention on Nov. 7, 2024. Hope is something that requires faith. Faith is something I've been unable to muster since the age of 8.